Posted by
R.P. Woitowitz Sr. on Tuesday, July 21, 2009 11:20:01 AM
A song of degrees, or Psalm of Solomon.
1 Except the Lord build the house, they labor
in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city,
the keeper watcheth in vain. (a)
2 It is in vain for you to rise early, and to lie down
late, and eat the bread of sorrow: but he will surely
give rest to his beloved.
3 Behold, children are the inheritance of the
Lord, and the fruit of the womb his reward. (b)
4 As are the arrows in the hand of the strong
man; so are the children of youth.
5 Blessed is the man that hath his quiver full of
them: for they shall not be ashamed, when they
speak with their enemies in the gate.
(a) Verse 1
Matthew 16:17 - 18
17 And Jesus answered, and said to him, Blessed
art thou, Simon, the son of Jonah: for flesh and blood
hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which
is in heaven.
18 And I say also unto thee, that thou art j,2Peter,
and upon this rock I will build my Church: and the
gates of hell shall not overcome it.
Luke 6:48
He is like a man which built an house, and dug
deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when
the waters arose, the flood beat upon that house, and
could not shake it: for it was grounded upon a rock.
Romans 9:33
As it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling
stone, and a rock to make men fall: and everyone that
believeth in him, shall not be ashamed.
(b) Verse 3
Job 31:15, 18
15 He that hath made me in the womb, hath he
not made him? hath not he alone fashioned us in
the womb?
18 (For from my youth hath he grown up with
me 1as with a father, and from my mother’s womb
have I been a guide unto her.)
Psalm 22:9 - 10
9 But thou didst draw me out of the 1womb:
thou gavest me hope, even at my mother’s breasts.
10 I was cast upon thee, even from the 1womb:
thou art my God from my mother’s belly
Luke 1:42
And she cried with a loud voice, and said,
Blessed art thou among women, because 1the fruit
of thy womb is blessed.
Luke 11:27 - 28
27 And it came to pass as he said these things,
a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice,
and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare
thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.
28 But he said, Yea, rather blessed are they that
hear the word of God, and keep it.
Galatians 1:15
15 But when it pleased God (which had separated
me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his
grace.)
16 To reveal his Son 1in me, that I should preach
him among the Gentiles immediately, I communicated
not with flesh and blood:
Editor’s Note - there is a collaboration of spiritual inspiration between Paul’s statement in Galatians 1:16 and Jesus speaking unto Simon Peter in Matthew 16:17 wherein we see that in both instances God had revealed Christ Jesus as Savior to both men.